National Industry Excellence Awards

Commercial Enclosure (formerly Commercial Wall) - Spray foam insulation installed in a commercial, institutional, industrial or mixed-use buildings in assemblies such as interior or exterior surfaces of walls, beneath floors, ceilings, under roof decks, unvented attics, basements, crawlspaces, under-slab or exterior below-grade 
 

• Winner: Polyseal Insulation - Fort Greely Missile Field #4 Defense System
• Runner-up: Foam Applications, LLC - New Headquarters for Foam Applications LLC

Residential Enclosure (formerly Residential Wall) - Spray foam insulation installed in a residential or multi-family dwelling in assemblies such as interior or exterior surfaces of walls, beneath floors, ceilings, under roof decks, unvented attics, basements, crawlspaces, under-slab or exterior below-grade 

• Winner: BREMS Energy Solutions - Chavin Legacy Home
• Runner-up: Callahan Spray Foam Insulation - Beautiful Smith Lake House

Roof Under 40,000 sq ft - Spray foam roofing systems (foam and coatings) installed on the top surface of a low-slope or sloped roof deck on a residential or commercial building where the total sprayed area is less than 40,000 SF. Includes spray foam roof restoration and re-coating. 
 

• Winner: Wedge Roofing – Quest Church & Day Care
• Runner-up: West Roofing Systems, Inc.- Spencer Forge & Manufacturing – Building 1, 7, and 9

Roof Over 40,000 sq ft - Spray foam roofing systems (foam and coatings) installed on the top surface of a low-slope or sloped roof deck on a residential or commercial building where the total sprayed area is greater than 40,000 SF. Includes spray foam roof restoration and re-coating. 
 

• Winner: Universal Coatings Inc.-  SoCal Logistics Airport Boeing Hangar Roof Replacement
• Runner-up: Henderson-Johnson Co., Inc. -  Cobleskill Richmondville CSD

Specialty Applications  - Novel or non-traditional applications of SPF insulation or roofing systems not addressed by the four categories above. These can include applications such as underground piping, storage tanks, theatrical stage sets, etc.  
 

• Winner: Polyseal Insulation - Anton Anderson Memorial Tunnel Structural Foam Stabilization
• Runner-up: JAG Lifting Solutions - Lake Erie Shoreline Erosion Prevention

Elastomeric Roof Coatings  -  Application of elastomeric roof coatings designed for new roof waterproofing installations on substrates other than spray foam. This category is limited to elastomeric coatings defined in SPFA-102. 
 

• Winner: Wedge Roofing - 1960’s Steel Building
• Runner-up: RAM Roof Asset Management - Magnolia Business Park

Grand Prize - This year a grand prize, consisting of a $10,000 local marketing support package, was awarded to one of the six category winners via a random drawing.  This prize was funded by a generous sponsorship from Arkema and Evonik.  The winner of the grand prize was:
 

• Universal Coatings

Many thanks to the the NIE Award Sponsors, Arkema and Evonik, as well as the competition judges that volunteered their time to evaluate each entry:

• Doug Kramer - Kramer Consulting, LLC
• Tom Harris - Tom Harris PUR Consulting, LLC
• Jim Andersen - JA Consulting, LLC
• Ryan Dalgleish - Air Barrier Association of America
• Laverne Dalgleish - Air Barrier Association of America
• Phil Robarge - Wood Environmental and Infrastructure Solutions, Inc.
   

Spray Foam Worldwide Spray Competition

Also announced during the NIE awards were the winners and runners-up of the 2022 SFWW Spray Competition.  The runners-up received a cash prize and the winners received numerous prizes, cash and a Tier 1 SPFA Contractor Membership.
 

Closed-Cell SPF    Runner-up:   Robert Riojas

    Winner:        Derek Chester
 

Open-Cell SPF       Runner-up:  Mark Montoya 

    Winner:        Edgar Gonzalez